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plural launchers
One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch. quotations examples
This actually occurs in perception of non-colliding Michotte displays: Even though there is a gap between the launcher stopping and the launchee starting, the launchee's motion appears to have been caused, at a distance, by the approach of the launcher […]
2015, H. Clark Barrett, The Shape of Thought: How Mental Adaptations Evolve, page 110
(computing) An application that launches another or others, often holding icons or menus for frequently used programs. examples